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ABOUT GAD ARCHITECTURE

Principal and founder of GAD - Global Architectural Development, Gokhan
Avcioglu and his design team have been producing dynamic, innovative concepts
for projects ranging from small private homes to extensive Urban Master Plans
in Turkey around the world for over twenty-five years. Led by Mr. Avcioglu, the dedicated
International creative staff of GAD takes an unconventional approach to
creating projects that push the boundaries of architectural thinking. Supported by his GAD teams, Mr. Avcioglu has
won numerous awards, including the 1997 Turkish Architecture Prize, a Bronze
Medal in Miami Bienal in 2003, German Iconic Awards in 2014, Chicago Athenaeum
Green Good Design Award in 2015, 2014 and 2012, MIPIM AR
Future Awards in 2013 and 2012, and International Property Awards in 2013,2014
and 2015. American Architecture Prize in 2017 and AR Future Projects Awards,
Jeu d’Esprit Prize in 2017. A number of his projects have been nominated for
the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Among his extensive and numerous projects are office buildings, hotels,
cultural centers, public and commercial spaces, and a multitude of residences
in Istanbul, Bodrum, New Jersey, New York City, Washington DC, Virginia,
Connecticut, Libya, Beirut, Riyadh, Tashkent, Moscow and Kiev. Among his most
recent projects are mixed-use residential and commercial projects in Istanbul
and New York and hotels and private residences in Bodrum, Kazan, and Kiev. Mr. Avcioglu and GAD’s projects
have been exhibited extensively around the world including the Minima Art
Gallery in Philadelphia, the Miami Bienal, the Museum of Architecture in
Rotterdam, AIA New York Chapter and at the Royal Art Academy in London. In
April 2008, objects designed by Mr.Avcioglu were shown in the Block Exhibition
in Milan, and in 2010, GAD’s work was exhibited in Los Angeles. His selected
projects were shown in design weeks such
as Prague Design Week, Istanbul Design Week and,in 2012, his One and Ortakoy
project was exhibited at The Chicago Athenaeum Museum.

His academic activities and
teaching include Architectural Design studios at the Ecole Speciale
d’Architecture in Paris, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul and Istanbul
Technical University, Istanbul.In 2014, the GAD Foundation was
established with the aim of cultivating a better understanding of the
environment for architecture and construction. Seeking to raise broader
awareness of the current state of both the education and practice of in fields,
the GAD Foundation produces videos, conducts training seminars and sponsors
workshops. Most
recently, Mr. Avcioglu and GAD Foundation were proud sponsors of "Emerging
Architecture Awards” and "Women in Architecture” for Architectural Review
Magazine, World Architecture Festival and Design Junction for London Design
Week. Mr. Avcioglu and GAD are headquartered in Istanbul with design studios in
New York and Moscow